Holiday decorations stolen from Montrose Township yard

MONTROSE TOWNSHIP, Michigan — Police were on the lookout for a seal and a penguin following a robbery in the township last weekend. Both were last seen wearing red bows on their necks.

The two animatronic holiday decorations were stolen from Tara Whitmire's yard. Whitmire said the decorations are irreplaceable because they were purchased two years ago, when she and her husband were first married. Whitmire said that other decorations - including animatronic reindeer and inflatables - were ignored.

The penguin is about three feet tall, she said. It has black wings and a white belly. The wings flap, but because of a setup problem the sides are ripped, she said. The seal is made out of tinsel, is about 3" feet long and sits on the ground. Its head spins, and its tail flips. There's a red bow around his neck.

"We woke up in the morning and they were gone, " Whitmire said. "For somebody just to steal that, I don't understand. It almost makes you not want to decorate your house."

There were two sets of footprints created by tennis shoes, she said.

Whitmire said she's hoping that a resident will find the two decorations, because police told her that teens often steal decorations and put them in someone else's yard.

"I'm hoping that somebody calls the police and says they found these items, " Whitmire said.